Percy, Elizabeth (d. 1776)

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Percy, Elizabeth (d. 1776)

Duchess of Northumberland. Name variations: Lady Elizabeth Seymour; Baroness Percy. Died on December 5, 1776; daughter of Frances Thynne (1699–1754) and Algernon Seymour (b. 1684), Baron Percy, 7th duke of Somerset; married Sir Hugh Smithson (1714–1786, a wealthy Yorkshire baronet who assumed the name Percy), 1st duke of Northumberland (r. 1766–1786), on July 16, 1740; children: Hugh Percy (b. 1742), 2nd duke of Northumberland; Algernon Percy (b. 1750), 1st earl of Beverley.